Our Promise

Chapter 2

When I woke up the next morning, I felt someone on top of me. I look down and see it's Callie. 

That's right she fell asleep on me last night.

I am just admiring her as she sleeps. Watching her chest move up and down from breathing. Then I see the scar on her forehead right above her eyebrow. Without thinking, I reach to gently trace her scar.

She's so pretty. I wanted to tell her how I feel but I can't. Every time I tried, I chickened out or someone interrupted. After her mom died she pushed me away, actually now that I think on it she pushed everyone away. She stopped talking.  Then she moved, but she's back now. Maybe things can be different? Maybe I can finally confess the right way.

I close my eyes and try to go back to sleep without thinking about her laying on me. I start to feel her stir, I feel her trying to sit up but can't because of my hold on her.

I can feel her gaze on me. "Are you done staring" I keep my eyes closed. 

"I wasn't staring" I just know she's blushing. She tries getting up again but I tighten my hold on her. She groans and does something I didn't expect. She laid back down.

10 minutes later, I hear JJ wake up. Of course someone had  to wake up. "Morning" JJ says to me and Callie. 

"Morning JJ!" Callie replies enthusiastically. 

"Is he asleep?" Callie turns her head to look at me. "No, I don't think so." I hear him chuckle. 

"Classic Eli" He walks past me to go to the bathroom and slap my chest mumbling a 'morning'.

Alex and Isa wake up next. "Good Morning guys!" Callie says to the two that just woke up. They both mumble a morning still not fully awake. 

"Elijah will let me up now?" 

"Elijah?" 

"I know you're awake" 

"Elijah Bruno Darmos!" 

I open my eyes and roll them "What Callie" I ask her annoyed. 

"Let me go" I do as she says, always  "There get up so and be quiet so I can sleep"

"That was a horrible shit, usually my morning shits are much more enjoyable." JJ describes his morning shits to us.

Well I'm awake now.

 I sit up and swing my legs off the couch. "How are you my dearest best friend?" JJ's annoying, happy energetic voice asks me. I hear Alex, Callie and Taylor laugh. I glare at Callie "What are you laughing at, Bellatrix?" I say to Callie. I don't know when I came up with that, but that's a nickname I've always called her and she absolutely HATES it.

She instantly stops laughing. "I'm laughing at you Bruno" She says my middle name again. I glare at her and she returns it. 

Isabell wakes up. "9 in the morning and y'all already going" Everyone laughs at her statement except me.